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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4223
Introduced 1/26/2004, by Roger L. Eddy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Vital Records Act. Requires the State Registrar to prescribe and
distribute a form for a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Requires
a person who files a fetal death certificate to also prepare a certificate of
birth resulting in stillbirth. Requires that the certificate be filed as in
the case of a certificate of live birth and be offered to the parent or parents
of the stillborn child. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4223 |
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LRB093 15386 RXD 40989 b |
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| AN ACT in relation to public health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Vital Records Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 20.5 as
follows:
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| (410 ILCS 535/20.5 new)
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| Sec. 20.5. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
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| (a) The State Registrar shall prescribe and distribute a |
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| form for a
certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. The |
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| certificate shall be in the
same format as a certificate of |
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| live birth prepared under Section 12 and shall
be filed in the |
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| same manner as a certificate of live birth.
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| (b) After each fetal death that occurs in this State after |
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| a gestation
period of at least 20 completed weeks, the person |
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| who files a fetal death
certificate in connection with that |
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| death as required under Section 20 shall
also prepare a |
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| certificate of
birth resulting in stillbirth with respect to |
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| the fetus. The person shall
prepare the certificate on the form |
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| prescribed and furnished by the State
Registrar and in |
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| accordance with the rules adopted by the State Registrar. The
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| person shall file the certificate with the designated registrar |
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| within 7 days
after the delivery and before removal of the |
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| fetus from the State, except as
provided by regulation in |
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| special problem cases. The parent or parents of the
stillborn |
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| child shall be offered a copy of the
certificate of birth |
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| resulting in stillbirth.
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| (c) If the stillborn child's parent or parents do not wish |
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| to provide a name
for the stillborn child, the person who |
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| prepares the certificate of birth
resulting in stillbirth shall |
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| leave blank any references to the stillborn
child's name.
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| (d) When a birth resulting in stillbirth occurring in this |
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| State has not
been registered within one year after the |